HANOI (18 Feb 2016) – Phung Trong Luan scored the decisive penalty as Vietnam edged out defending champions Japan 2-1 on penalties in Wednesday’s AFC Futsal Championship quarter-final following a 4-4 draw after extra-time to secure a place in the semi-finals for the first time and qualification for a maiden FIFA Futsal World Cup. After…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (18 Feb 2016) – THE first-ever FIFA Pre-season Coaching Course kicked off at the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) House along Jalan Pusat Persidangan in Berakas yesterday. Conducted by Singaporean FIFA instructor PN Nair Sivaji, a total of 25 coaches from the DST Super League, DST Premier League and the…
PENANG (17 Feb 2016) – Newly promoted Penang gave a dominant performance in their first Super League match at home this season when they whipped the daylights out of Pahang for a thumping 4-1 win at the City Stadium. Pahang also saw red when Solomon Raj was sent for an early shower for a second…
HANOI (17 Feb 2016) – The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have named Nguyen Huu Thang as the new national coach for the next two years. “The National Coach Council has introduced several candidates and we have talked with them before choosing Huu Thang as the most suitable person for the position,” said Le Hoai Anh,…
PHNOM PENH (16 Feb 2016) – Former Phnom Penh Crown youth coach Bouy Dary has been banned for two years and three other coaches given one-year bans after a probe into accusations of match-fixing at the club. All seven accused players have been exonerated of any wrongdoing. The Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of…
MANILA (15 Feb 2016) – Injury-ravaged Loyola Meralco Sparks scored their first win of the United Football League 2016 season when they beat Pasargad 7-1 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. The team under former Philippines national coach Simon McMenemy was a lot more determined following their season opening defeat to Ceres-La Salle the previous week.…